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[FILM REVIEW] The Departed
10.25.06
I loved Gangs of New York, but I couldn't understand what Martin Scorsese sees in Leonardo DiCaprio and why he keeps using him. I mean, the guy is no Robert DeNiro, and up until now, he seemed not much more than a pretty-boy blank slate.
Well, after seeing The Departed (running at the Triplex at least through November 2), now I get it. DiCaprio is gripping as a twitchy, anxious, duplicitous undercover cop. So is the rest of the cast, top-to-bottom (including Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, and an over-the-top Jack Nicholson in monster mode), in a movie with so many plot twists and turns you'll get whiplash (I've seen it twice and I'm still not sure I get it all), and so comically bloody it seems like Scorsese is trying to out-Tarantino Quentin – and doing a great job of it along the way.
This one will definitely make my year-end Top 10 list.
--Seth Rogovoy, editor-in-chief and critic-at-large, Berkshire Living
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